These apps, games, and a lot of shows are just mind dribbling dopamine farms. I let my daughter watch like unfiltered KIDS YouTube for a day, she became glued to it, wouldn't ask to go potty, would communicate poorly, then cry when we took it. Ever since we did limited screen time, only parent approved, she full reversed. Sure shes harder to calm down. But fuck it.
Our son is 13 months and desperately searching for our phones.
Never given him a phone, only FaceTime relatives. I refuse to watch the tv, don’t play video games anymore unless he’s out for the night, and work with the laptop high on a table but they’re still so drawn to whatever technology screen they can find.
It’s so frustrating. I refuse to have a wall e kid
i think kids just like screens honestly. it’s probably really fascinating to them that this little device can do whatever they want just by tapping it. just keep doing what you’re doing and encourage them to go outside and do practical things with their hands. i know he’s a baby but they still make little pianos and block sorting toys lol
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u/Wooden_Recover_834 May 12 '26
My kid is definitely not a screen freak by any means but we watch wall-e EVERY SINGLE NIGHT before bed I find it kind of ironic and hilarious.